Easter Bunny leaves Trenton for Ewing

TRENTON — The Easter Bunny took a big hop over Trenton this year and ended up in a neighboring town.

The annual Great Egg Hunt was moved to the Katzenbach School for the Deaf in Ewing after spending the past 15 years at Cadwalader Park in the city.

Some city officials were upset with the last-minute location switch for the event held on Saturday, but who has the egg on their face remains as mysterious as the furry holiday hare himself.

The Kiwanis Club of Trenton, which sponsored the event with the city in previous years, cited city budget cuts for the change of venue, according to an email obtained by The Trentonian.

“I was disappointed because the city felt that they had to move it because there was no funding,” Councilwoman Marge Caldwell-Wilson said Monday. “I think had we known way ahead of time that they weren’t going to do that we could have actually coordinated and got some volunteers to make contributions at least to give the kids something to do in the park on Easter Sunday.”

The Kiwanis organization made the announcement nine days before the search for the $25 golden egg was to begin.

An anonymous source said the funding for the egg scavenger hunt comes from the city recreation department.

The city couldn’t find the money in the department’s budget like a well-hidden Easter basket until after the spring holiday.

“It’s unfortunate,” Councilman Alex Bethea said. “We want to try and correct that for next year.”

Calls to the city business administration office, city recreation department and a Kiwanis member went unreturned.